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The CZECH JEWELRY DESIGNERS MEET NYC exhibition will present the work of three Czech jewelers - Kristýna Malovaná, Eva Růžičková and Klára Šípková.

WALKTHROUGH WITH THE DESIGNERS

Saturday, December 8th, 3PMCzech Center New York Gallery

The designers created collections specifically for the CCNY Gallery. The connecting motto of the exhibition is "Communication". Whether it's a conversation between partners, a personal interaction with the outside world or a contact between the Czech and American cultural scene, communication is a basic human need and desire. In addition, the jewelry is an interesting and prolific means of passing information. It can present the mood and taste of a wearer, often also reflecting social status and cultural knowledge.The expression of jewelry as a universal language was perfectly mastered by former US Foreign Minister Madeleine Albright, the owner of an extensive collection of brooches, which allowed her during her official and unofficial appearances to express her ideas without words. It is no coincidence that in Madam Secretary's collection one can also find a brooch by presented designer, Klára Šípková.

Individual designers approached the given topic with originality of their own. Eva Růžičková focused on personal communication within relationship between partners. She created a series of pairs of partner-objects. Like any unique relationship, individual pairs are linked by different relationships. Some fit together; others reveal friction surfaces or common elements. The linking, but not the only material used, is wood, a material that in many ways penetrates the entire author's work so far.

Klára Šípková focused on the ability of jewelry to communicate emotions, which is also mirrored in the name of the collection “Joy”. The jeweler deals with the questions "What do I want to tell the world through the jewelry?" And "What is important to me personally in life?" She came up with a series of positive values that she tried to communicate through the jewels. Stainless steel is traditionally the dominating material in her work, this time enhanced with conjunction of white color.

The relationship of material, technology and certain national characteristics inspired the recent work of Kristýna Malovaná. The purity and sincerity of communication is mirrored in clean, smooth forms and transparent materials. In the author's words the collection should "Raise questions, emotions, opportunity of discussion, they should react to the present and its reflection." With some form of exaggeration, the artist works with materials we consider to be typically Czech, such as glass and Czech garnets. Their transfer to American soil offers additional themes for conversation, that is, clash and dialogue between Czech and American culture, which should be supported by this exhibition.

In addition to the current collections on the topic of communication, the exhibition will also feature a selection of the authors' work. All three draw on the basis of poetic minimalism and the morphology of modern design. Their jewelry combines pure, sometimes puristic lines, and adds significant value to used materials that they often look up outside of jewelry. Their work is regularly seen at Designblok in Prague, but also at international exhibitions in Vienna, Munich or Milan.